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respec'ful

respec'ful is the pronunciation spelling of respectful.

Meaning of respectful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

  1. Marked or characterized by respect
    • On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

Forms of respec'ful

comparativemore respec'ful
superlativemost respec'ful

Questions about respec'ful

What is respec'ful the pronunciation spelling of?
Respec'ful is the pronunciation spelling of respectful.

Words near respec'ful in the dictionary

  1. respeakers
  2. respeaking
  3. respeaks
  4. respec
  5. respec'
  6. respec'ful
  7. respecced
  8. respeccing
  9. respecialization
  10. respecializations
  11. respecialize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: respec'ful (page history and authors); respectful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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